NVIDIA GRID K260Q vs ATI Radeon HD 5830

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K260Q and ATI Radeon HD 5830 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GRID K260Q

ATI Radeon HD 5830

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K260Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.1x more texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 44.8 GTexel / s
Around 37% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1120
Around 28% better floating-point performance: 2,289 gflops vs 1,792.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2949 vs 1734

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 25 February 2010
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 44.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 1120
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops vs 1,792.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2949 vs 1734

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5830

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 745 MHz
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 361

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 745 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	399 vs 361

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K260Q
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5830

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2949

1734

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

361

399

Name	NVIDIA GRID K260Q	ATI Radeon HD 5830
PassMark - G3D Mark	2949	1734
PassMark - G2D Mark	361	399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1898
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1954
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1954
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K260Q	ATI Radeon HD 5830
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK104	Cypress
Launch date	28 June 2013	25 February 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$937
Place in performance rating	545	537
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops	1,792.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1536	1120
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s	44.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	175 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	2,154 million
Boost clock speed		800 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		282 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity